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Silvia, do you know what tomato this is?

13 years ago

I did something dumb....the seeds you sent me grew well, so well in fact I did not bother labeling the extra seedlings. As you know though when I planted them to the garden early they fried in the sun and were a 100% total loss. I had to fall back to the "extra" seedlings I had not labeled so was wondering if you knew what tomato this was? The plant is huge. 8+ feet and loaded with huge tomatoes. These two are from the same plant and were a casualty of yesterdays whipping wind gusts.

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whgille
13 years ago
Hi Bamboo

Sorry for the delayed answer but I was so busy harvesting today, my back hurts,lol. I picked lettuce, papayas, banana bunch, peppers, eggplants, peppers, citrus, tomatoes. Move the plants to the porch, is good to have light weight containers.

If the plant is tall it could be the Indian Stripe, which is mahogany color, large tomato. The Cherokkee red is a short compact vine, the Monokah Hat is a large plant with oxheart big red tomatoes.

My picked green tomatoes today

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My dwarf tomatoes still alive

Had to save the herbs for cooking:)

Silvia
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13 years ago
Thank you Silvia. It must be the Monokah Hat as many of the fruit are oxheart shaped. The press in the pic is 10 inches across so that would give an idea of the size of the tomato. I hope the plant is still alive.....just have not ventured outside yet to check on them. Yesterday was busy, picked a couple bushel of oranges.
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whgille
13 years ago
Hi Bamboo - I guess we are all moving as fast as we can trying to protect the plants.

Monokah is a large, good tasting, meaty tomato from Canada

Indian Stripe is more productive than Purple Cherokee and is a favorite with northern gardeners

I hope that you get to sample the tomatoes, good luck!

Silvia
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13 years ago
I hope so too:) They are still alive this morning, no damage to them at all. You wouldn't think that lil halogen bulb could put out enough heat to protect them but does, covered well of course.

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